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02/01/2012
GVSU Softball Tabbed to Win 2012 GLIAC North Division Title
Lakers Also Ranked #18 in NFCA Preseason Top-25 Poll
2010: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team...Made 21 appearances on the mound, starting 19 times, while tossing 13 complete games and totaling 112.0 innings pitched, all of which were team-highs...Finished the year with an 8-9 record and a 3.19 earned run average...Tallied 69 strikeouts and just 38 walks on the year...Allowed just one triple and one homerun all season long...Threw seven or more innings eight times, including eight innings pitched twice...Tossed a complete game shutout, allowing only two hits and adding five strikeouts in 6-0 win over Franklin Pierce (3/13)...Struck out a season-best eight batters, while giving up just one run on four hits in a 10-1 win over Olivet (3/22)...Finished on the losing end of a 1-0, extra-inning game against Wayne State (4/24), as she gave up one run on 11 hits...Threw a complete game five-hitter with seven strikeouts in a 6-1 win at Saint Joseph's (3/17).
2009: Earned NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors...Appeared in 17 games during her freshman season, making nine starts...Finished her rookie year with a 5-2 record, one save, four complete games, and a 3.27 earned run average in 62.0 innings pitched...In sixth career appearance, she totaled a seven-inning one-hitter, striking out five batters in a 4-0 win over Lake Erie (3/14)...Won her next start against Olivet (3/20) with a complete game in which she gave up two runs while scattering eight hits, while striking out five batters in a 6-2 victory...Totaled a career-high seven strikeouts, while giving up four runs on six hits for third straight victory, a 6-4 win over Cornerstone (3/27).
High School: Prepped at Avon Lake High School under head coach Kevin Atkins...Posted an 18-3 overall record with 275 strikeouts and 14 shutouts during her junior season...Earned All-Southwestern Conference First Team honors three times and All-Ohio honorable mention in 2007...Tabbed Southwestern Conference most valuable player in 2007 and Lorain Journal Softball Player of the Year...Named team most valuable player four times...Team won Southwest Conference championship and district title during her junior season...Also played volleyball and basketball...member of National Honors Society, Varsity Club, and Key Club.
Personal: Daughter of Gary and Crissie Nicholson...Enjoys hiking, jet skiing, and being outdoors...Majoring in biomedical sciences.
